You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 29 percent That’s the percentage of New Jersey Democrats who said Sen. Bob Menendez deserved to be reelected, compared to 42 percent who said he did not, according to a Quinnipiac University survey. Menendez’s federal corruption trial recently ended in a […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 3 days A robot took three days to travel 20 feet, but it successfully made it to the bottom of the Unit 3 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant to find melted uranium fuel rods. Now that the fuel has been […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 400,000 fewer people Economist Jose Villamil estimated that by 2026 the population of Puerto Rico could dip below 3 million people, a drop of 400,000 from the current count. The future does not appear bright for the island, which was ravaged […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 47 percent In the first 11 days of the open enrollment period, Americans signed up for 1.5 million health plans on healthcare.gov. That’s a 47 percent increase over a similar period last year. Enrollment in Obamacare ends after 45 days, less […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 3 former soccer officials The first of many prosecutions of world soccer officials began in Brooklyn earlier this week, with the kick off of the racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering trials of José María Marín, Juan Ángel Napout and Manuel […]